The Pacific (miniseries)

The Pacific
The Pacific's intertitle
Genre	War miniseries
Written by	Bruce C. McKenna Robert Schenkkan Graham Yost George Pelecanos Larry Andries Michelle Ashford
Directed by	Tim Van Patten David Nutter Jeremy Podeswa Graham Yost Carl Franklin Tony To
Starring	James Badge Dale Jon Seda Joseph Mazzello
Theme music composer	Hans Zimmer
Composer(s)	Geoff Zanelli Blake Neely
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	10 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Steven Spielberg (executive) Tom Hanks (executive) Gary Goetzman (executive) Tony To (co-executive) Graham Yost (co-executive) Eugene Kelly (co-executive) Bruce C. McKenna (co-executive) Cherylanne Martin Todd London Steven Shareshian Tim Van Patten (supervising) George Pelecanos (co-producer) Robert Schenkkan (co-producer)
Running time	540.1 minutes
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Television Playtone
Distributor	DreamWorks Television
Budget	US$ 200 million
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	March 14 – May 16, 2010
Chronology
Preceded by	Band of Brothers
External links
Website

The Pacific is a 2010 American television series produced by HBO, Playtone and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010.

The series is a companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers and focuses on the United States Marine Corps' actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War. Whereas Band of Brothers followed the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment through the European Theater, The Pacific centers on the experiences of three Marines (Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge and John Basilone) who were all in different regiments (1st, 5th and 7th, respectively) of the 1st Marine Division.

The Pacific was spearheaded by Bruce C. McKenna (co-executive producer), one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, served as a project consultant.